Israel's Cabinet to vote Saturday on unilateral Gaza truce
Where is the leadership of Hamas hiding?
There are two things about air raid sirens that you don't learn until after the fact. The first is that they are deafeningly loud and cannot be missed. The second is that sometimes they fail to go off.
That was the lesson that residents of Beersheva, Israel, learned on New Year's Eve.
As I sit on an El-Al flight from Tel-Aviv to New York after 5 months of studying in Jerusalem, I feel a great sense of remorse that I am leaving at a time like this. Most would suspect that I am relieved, as Operation Cast Lead continues in the South.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed on January 9th a resolution H.Res.34 recognizing the right of Israel to defend itself against attacks from Gaza and reaffirming the United States' strong support for Israel in its battle with Hamas and supporting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Rockets fired at Israel from Gaza since Israel unilaterally withdrew in 2005:
6,700 +
Click on the full entry to see the chart. The Israeli assault on Hamas in Gaza is going to be a replay, we’re told, of the attempt to subdue Hezbollah in southern Lebanon in the summer of 2006. And the outcome, it’s asserted, will be the same: lots of death and destruction, no strategic victory for Israel and a setback for all who seek peace and progress in the Middle East. | 
